Draw-bar carrier and face-plate



C. T. SOHOEN.

DRAW BAR CARRIER AND PAGE PLATE. n

Patented Dec. 13, 1892.

`(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES T. SCI-IOEN, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

DRAW-BAR CARRIER AND EACE-PLATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,779, dated December13, 1892.

Application iiled September 28, 1892. Serial No. 447.111. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. SCHOEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inRailway-Car Draw-Bar Carriers and Face-Plates, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the metal facings employed in connection withthe front sill, draw-timbers, and draw-bar of railway-cars.

The invention consists of a face-plate for the front sill adjacent tothe draw-head or coupling, a stirrup for the draw-bar, a chaiingplate.for such draw-bar, and countersunk washers for the reception of thetruss-rods and their nuts, all made in asingle piece and fastened inposition by the truss-rods and their nuts and the vertical bolts used tounite the draw-timbers and the front sill in ordinary freight-carconstruction.

The invention also consists in a renewable wear-plate laid on thestirrup, which takes the wear from the stirrup and is readily removedand replaced when neccessary.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure l is afront elevation; Fig. 2, a side elevation, and Fig. 3.a vertical sectiontaken through the center of the draw-bar opening.

a designates the usual front sill, and Z) the usual draw-timbers, of afreight-car. Now my invention is applied to these timbers irnmediatelyadjacent to the draw-head or coupling; and it consists of a face-plate capplied to the front sill a and covering the ends of the draw-timbers b.The stirrup d is formed on the face-plate as a rearwardly-projectingbottom ange, and the chaiing-plate e is constructed by punching orpressing back on three sides the metal of the tace-plate to form thedraw-bar opening f, and the countersunk washers or cups g are made inthat portion of the face-plate designed to be applied to the front sillfor the reception Vof the ends of the truss-rods h and their nuts t'.

In order to stiften the face-plate, I prefer to provide it with anoutwardly or inwardly projecting cross-rib 7 ,which may extend fromwasher to washer, as shown, or be located elsewhere, as the requirementsof service may demand. The sides Z of the face-plate are flangedrearwardly to protect the outside corners of the timbers b and toassistin sustaining the stirrup. A wear-plate m is laid upon the stirrupto protect it against the excessive wear at this point consequentuponthe use and motion of the draw-bar, and this wearplate may berenewed easily and at slight cost at pleasure.

The device is applied to the car by means of the usual bolts n used toconnect the sill a and timbers Z) and the truss-rods h and their nutsc', and no additional fastenings are necessary ordinarily. The adjacentsides of the drawtimbers may be notched to receive the chat'- ing-plate.By this construction the force of lateral concussion in coupling oncurves is transmitted tothe truss-rods, andthis, together with the sideanges Z, greatly reduces theliability of splitting the draw-timbers fromsuoli concussion.

In a common construction there are five separate and distinct parts usedwhich I have united in one structure by my invention, and each of theseseveral old parts requires its own individual fastening. The advantagesin makingthe several partsintegral are many; but it will suttice to saythat they may thus be applied by fastenings common to all, and hence atmuch less expense tor time and labor, and, moreover, they serve,mutally, to snpport and stiften one another, and, finally, the cost ofproduction is considerably reduced.

While my device comprises in one piece or structure a face-plate, astirrup, a chaiing plate, and washers for the truss-rods, forconciseness I refer to it as a draw-bar carrier and face-plate, meaningonly to condense and simplify the title, without thereby putting alimitation upon the structure meant thereby.

My combined draw-bar carrier and faceplate may be die-shaped or pressedfrom sheet or plate steel or iron or other suitable metal, or may beproduced in any other wayas, for example, it might be a casting,malleable or other kind. While I think the best results will follow fromthe use of steel in plate or sheet form shaped by dies or othermachinery, I do not limit my invention thereto.

Vhat I claim isl. A draw-bar carrier and face-plate for railway-cars,comprising in a singlestrncture a face-plate, astirrnp, a chang-plate,and countersnnk washers for the reception of the trussrods,substantially as described.

2. A draw-bar carrier and face-plate for railway-cars, comprising in asingle'structure a face-plate extending crosswise of the front sill anddownwardly over the ends of the draw-timbers and having an opening forthe draw-bar provided with a ohatng-plate and a stirrup made as arearwardly-projecting fiange at the bottom of the face-plate,substantially as described.

3. A draw-bar carrier and face-plate forrailway-oars, comprising in asingle structure a face-plate having countersunlr` washers `for thereception of the ends of the trussrods and their nuts, 'a longitudinalribon said plate to stien it, a chafing-plate surrounding three sides ofthe draw-bar opening in said face-platdand a stirrup, substantially asdescribed.

4. 'A draw-bar carrier and face-plate for railfdraw-tinnbrs and havingan opening for the draw-bar, a chatting-plate projecting rearwardly fromsuch opening, and a stirrnp, substantially as'desoribed.

In testimony whereof I- have 4hereunto set my hand this 27th day ofSeptember, A. D. 1892.

CHARLES T. SOI-IOEN.

Witnesses:

A. D. WILSON, J As. C. WILSON.

